L Mazur, A Amos, A A Weiner, B S Chera, M J Dance, R McGurk, T Person, B Pineiro, A Couch, S Risgaard, J Herath, S K Das, L B Marks
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S): Culture is a key factor in maintaining high-quality care. We have instituted a series of mutually-reinforcing initiatives aimed to improve operations, and patient and staff safety. We herein review the impact of these initiatives on our Patient Safety Culture over 14 years. We hypothesize that these initiatives can lead to sustained improvements in Culture. MATERIALS/METHODS: In ≈ 2009, our department, with help of dedicated quality improvement coaches from our internal Division of Healthcare Engineering (with knowledge of Lean-Six Sigma and High Reliability methods and tools), instituted (and largely sustained) initiatives aimed to improve our operations, and to improve patient/staff safety; including: (a) daily multidisciplinary team huddles, (b) daily pre-planning/treatment peer review, (c) a robust Incident Learning System, (d) weekly meetings to review reported incidents, (e) monthly department-wide meetings to review the highlights from the weekly incident review meetings, (f) celebration/recognitions for staff participation and (g) leader Gemba walks...
October 1, 2023: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics